The 2015 Bedrock Rose. WOW, again. I've been finding and enjoying various vintages of the exceptional Northern California Rose wine for a good five or six years, or maybe even longer, since a very shrewd wine merchant in Berkeley turned me on to the the wines of Morgan Twain Peterson the son of legendary Ravenswood winemaker, … Read more
As I continue to work through a copious amount of Rose wines that were produced in the fabulous 2015 vintage from across the globe, I had the opportunity to compare two more awesome Rose wines from Provence. Hailing from a 13th century chateau in Flassans-sur-Issole, France is the Chateau Peyrassol that dates back to the Templar … Read more
The recent acquisition of Telogis by Verizon is one more indication of the company actively working in the tracking business. The move further strengthens Verizon in the fleet management and enterprise mobile device management sector, with an eye into how the technology can be used in IoT activities.
As the hit CBS series "Person of Interest" winds down its run, the line "they're watching you" never rang more true that it does today, especially if you're a Verizon Wireless customer who has installed their mobile app so you can manage your account better. Unfortunately, the app does more than that, and with the … Read more
It has been a long time love affair with Bandol for me, dating back to the 80s when I first learned of the region and the amazingly complex wines that come from the area at the western end of the Cote d'Azur. After Bandol you get to Cassis and Marseille. There, the regions are surrounded by … Read more
Ride sharing service Uber is following Lyft for a change. While Lyft has been using Los Angeles based Telzio as their communications provider, Uber has turned to Dialpad in addition to using UberConference, The choosing of cloud based communications solutions providers is making it far easier for both companies to communicate better internally and get things going faster, … Read more
Small batch producers are the rage in Santa Barbara County, with Habit holding the top spot in my book of those who are breaking new ground. Workman/Ayer is another one of them who are bringing more of that Garagiste mentality to the region. 2014 Workman/Ayer ipso facto Viognier, Central Coast The first of three wines … Read more
The 2015 Orin Swift Fragile Rose from the Côte Catalanes D66, Roussillon is not just another Rose. Fragile, is anything but what it's name would imply. This is not a lightweight Provencal wanna be. No way. It’s a full bodied red wine masquerading in the pink robe. If served at room temperature you would think that … Read more
I'm going to go out on a rant and basically say, that compared to the Bar a Vins, Enotecas and Tapas bars I've been to around the world, most wine bars in the USA pale in comparison. I could go one step farther and say that by the glass programs have also a weakness as … Read more
For those of you who remember Yahoo Messenger, which was at one point wanting to be able to be like Skype oh so many years ago, it's going to go away. But, don't think it's really gone as last year Yahoo introduced a combined platform that marries WebMessenger with app based Messenger. Both Yahoo and … Read more
